Will a President Ever be Elected?
29 حزيران 2015 08:51
Lebanon has been headless for 400 days. A foreign diplomat even voiced concern over the presidential palace remaining empty for years to come, possibly forever.
A Lebanese politician says that there will be no presidential vote under the current regime form, speaking of a constitutive conference and parliamentary elections under a new electoral law.
Had these remarks been made this same time last year, upon Former President Michel Sleiman’s exit from Baabda Palace, many analysts would have found them to be over exaggerated.
Lebanon is headless, unlike many other mostly remote lands like Rwanda or Trinidad and Tobago, places us Lebanese probably cannot locate on a map.
Lebanon is headless because some lawmakers have chosen to refrain from attending parliamentary session while others fail to pressure them and because the patriarch urges and calls but refuses to embarrass any faction.
This country remains without a president because each side is waiting for the Syria crisis to unravel in a way that serves each of their respective interests. It remains headless because some are waiting for the Iranian nuclear deal which has yet to wrap up.
Our presidential race has been affected by nearly every world incident, major or not, including [US Secretary of State] John Kerry’s bicycle accident. The Lebanese are paying the price for, once again, believing that their president is made in Lebanon.
A veteran Lebanese politician said all he has to do is kiss one Man’s behind for others to kiss his. And that behind is always foreign and only those kissing it are made in Lebanon.
Adapted from an article originally written in Arabic by Dany Haddad